Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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